College of Economics and Management, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.
College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Feb 10;10:821384. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821384. eCollection 2022.
This article estimates the temporal and spatial changes of health inequality in rural China from 2010 to 2018. Based on a panel database of 29,616 rural residents, the Health Utility Index (HUI) and a spatial econometric model are used for analysis. The results show that, on the temporal dimension, the health inequality of rural China first expands and then deflates. On the spatial dimension, the health inequality gradually deflates from eastern to western China. Furthermore, from 2010 to 2018, the high and low-value areas constantly changed among different provinces. After decomposing the causes of health inequality, it is found that behind the health inequality is the difference of socioeconomic-related status. Moreover, narrowing the difference in socioeconomic-related status is the key to improving health inequality.
本文估计了 2010 年至 2018 年中国农村健康不平等的时空变化。基于一个包含 29616 名农村居民的面板数据库，使用健康效用指数（HUI）和空间计量经济学模型进行分析。结果表明，从时间维度看，中国农村的健康不平等程度先扩大后缩小。从空间维度看，健康不平等程度从东向西逐渐缩小。此外，2010 年至 2018 年期间，不同省份的高值区和低值区不断变化。在分解健康不平等的原因后发现，健康不平等的背后是与社会经济相关地位的差异。此外，缩小与社会经济相关地位的差异是改善健康不平等的关键。
